Butts County GaArchives Photo Place.....William Artis Wilson-Homeplace 1995
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Source:             Larry C. Knowle,-Conyers, Georgia
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William Artis and Ella(Fincher)Wilson Homeplace-1995   (3 of 4)

This series of four photos shows Bernard F. Knowles, late of Conyers, GA, a 
grandson of W. A.("Tib") and Ella Wilson, reminiscing at the site of his 
grandparents' old homeplace at Flovilla in Butts Co. Mr. Knowles was born at 
Flovilla, November 30, 1907 and spent his first ten years there. His parents, 
Olin A. and Daisy(Wilson)Knowles had moved near her parents from Fincherville-
c.1906; first renting the "Shirey Place" back of Tib & Ella, then moving into a 
smaller Wilson tenant house along the main road. Mr. Knowles was very close to 
this set of grandparents. For additional information on the family; see the 
portrait of Tib & Ella Wilson, other Wilson photos, tombstones, and the 
biography, "The Family of Joseph Wilson"-on this site.

Mr. Knowles vividly identified other features of the homesite, and well as 
several incidences that occured there:

The remains of the blacksmith shop were on the "Jackson" side of the house, as 
well as the depression left by the former large fruit cellar(a roofed central 
pit, with tiered soil shelves). "Granny Wilson" was quite industrious, making 
jams & jellys, and selling butter & eggs to merchants in Jackson. Twice a week, 
Postman Dick Cummings obligingly carried her wares to town.The former mutibay 
carriage/ garage shed was nearer the road, on the "Springs" side of the house, 
forward of the corn crib. Mr. Knowles recalled that Wm. Artis Jr. who was in 
the National Guard, once riddled an old Maxwell car inside one bay, forgetting 
it was there, while target shooting against the doors! The former large barn 
was seventy-five or eighty yards back of the crib.The expasive garden was 
across the main(dirt) road. Mr. Knowles remembered that Ella had to quickly 
strip the clothing from he and sister, Sarah, when they got into an ant bed 
there as toddlers! He also remembered the procession of buggys and wagons along 
the main road during campmeetings at the "Springs". Once, a horse or mule 
bolted coming up the road. His mother, Daisy, quickly herded several children 
out of the yard and under the front porch. The wayward buggy snagged on an axle 
driven into the ground as a hitching post, the animal breaking traces and 
chains, stumbling a good number of yards, its head coming to rest just under 
the porch! Fortunately, none were seriously injured!

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